Following Passion With Purpose
The passion economy is transforming our relationship with work, says author Utkarsh Anand, as he explores the ways in which the professional world is reshaping itself. He discusses the unbundling of work from employment and emergence of passion economy as the new normal, while drawing from experiences and well-researched case studies—his own and those of others—to make a case for redesigning one’s career and building something meaningful
March 29, 2023
A Company Cannot Grow Without Supporting Women: Neerja Birla
Having women on board and promoting gender equality at workplaces is not only the right thing to do, but also leads to better business outcomes and a stronger economy. In an interview with Shailaja Tripathi, entrepreneur and mental health champion Neerja Birla, founder-cum-chairperson of the Aditya Birla Education Trust, which runs the MPower mental health awareness initiative, outlines the need to implement policies that encourage diversity and women’s employment in the workplace and talks about how the corporate sector can promote the culture of inclusivity. Edited excerpts:
Shailaja Tripathi - February 27, 2023
NextWealth: Finding IT Skills And Jobs Outside Urban Limits
Former Wipro employees Sridhar Mitta, Mythily Ramesh and Anand Talwai wanted to prioritise employees over profit and focus on providing meaningful employment to educated youth. It took them to Tier II and Tier III cities
Kamalika Ghosh - November 29, 2022
The Social And Economic Cost Of Workers’ Migration
The poor availability of work in the better-paying organised sector and the lure of higher salaries in advanced nations motivate an increasing number of talented young people to go abroad and settle down there
Arun Kumar - October 31, 2022
Ties That Bind Foreign Universities and Indian Students
Students are attracted by employment opportunities available to them during and after pursuing any degree abroad
Ashok K. Chauhan - October 31, 2022
Entrepreneurship Gen Z’s Most Favoured Career Choice
Findings of the Outlook Toluna Youth Survey 2022 indicate that India’s youth are increasingly opting for new-age careers over conventional ones and also inclined towards entrepreneurship. But, the pull of conventional career choices remains equally strong
Kamalika Ghosh - July 29, 2022
A Sovereign Guarantee For Jobseekers
The jobs situation in the country is grim. If the Modi government needed a reminder, India’s youth has given it in the form of Agniveer-related protests. Modi’s advisors want him to emulate the much-criticised MGNREGA scheme in urban areas along with universal basic income, an idea that Rahul Gandhi proposed in 2019. Can a job guarantee scheme hit the bull’s eye in towns and cities?
Kamalika Ghosh - June 29, 2022
Stagflation Shadow On The World
Rising inflation, high unemployment and depreciating currencies have given birth to a vicious cycle that could very well dismantle the fragile post-Covid recovery. Can India escape this fate?
Kamalika Ghosh - May 31, 2022
The ones making our lives easier, don’t have it easy themselves
According a Fairwork report, India’s platform economy is riddled with problems of unfair pay and poor working conditions
January 17, 2021
Fixing India’s unemployment through formal job creation
COVID-19 creates a policy window to make India a fertile habitat for formal non-farm job creation
Manish Sabharwal - August 26, 2020
